Why isn't jerking off more valorized as an easy dopamine hit that's also literally good for you?

https://lemmy.world/post/16357640

Why isn't jerking off more valorized as an easy dopamine hit that's also literally good for you? - Lemmy.World

people have been demonizing it for most of the AD years i think but it’s quite pleasant really. are there any proven negative effects?

I think the simpler answer is, you are so right, it barely has to be valorized. It sells itself.

I think the long answer is that porn addiction is a real thing that can affect people. Also lots of people in charge of things like sex education have historically been prudes who see masturbation as some sort of gateway to promiscuity.

Orgasms are normal, healthy and necessary.

Porn addition is a myth. Stop perpetuating it.
I mean addiction colloquially. The existence and over use of porn does cause some people and their relationship some level of affects. I don’t think we can just hand wave it all away.
Research seems to suggest otherwise: psychologytoday.com/…/science-stopped-believing-i…
Science Stopped Believing in Porn Addiction, You Should, Too

Research finds that porn-related problems are predominantly caused by religious conflict. Clinically, this means people need help, but not necessarily with the porn.

Psychology Today

You are preaching to the choir here. Yes I can believe porn addiction only exists in the kinds of the those in the religious community. I’m still trying to provide a larger picture to answer the question of why the government doesn’t tell you to masturbate every day.

Porn, for some people in contexts, has had drawbacks. Those people, in some contexts, have curtailed the valorization of porn writ large. Maybe this campaign has biased me to a degree as well.

I have never been to a Sex Addicts Anonymous meeting but I’m not about to write the whole idea off entirely.